Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday we all woke up early to search for our Easter baskets.

After church we came back to the house and worked on putting the finishing touches on dinner.  We had chicken cordon blue, roasted asparagus, green beans, twice baked potatoes, rolls, and deviled eggs.

Before dinner we had an awesome easter egg hunt.  We got really into it.

Then we enjoyed a really nice dinner and spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out before we had to head back to D.C. to catch the bus back to Philadelphia.

Easter Weekend - Saturday Edition

This past weekend we went down to Virginia to spend time with the family for Easter.  It was a really fun, jam-packed weekend.  We got in late Friday night and stayed up late visiting with everyone.  Then we were up first thing in the morning to head to the Zoo.  I am always a big fan of the zoo, and would go as an adult, but it was nice to have a small child with us to use as an excuse for going.

We saw pandas, lions and other animals

 Izzie got her own special roller coaster ride (Chris was spinning her stroller in circles, it was really funny)

After the Zoo we headed into Georgetown for the cupcake portion of the day.  Our first stop was Sprinkles, and like always it was delicisous.  We got the special Easter edition cupcake which was brown sugar praline, and it was tasty.

We all then really needed lunch so we wandered around a bit a found Georges Falafel House, it looked kind of sketchy from the outside, but the falafel was really good.  I was very pleased with our lunch decision. 

Then we headed further up the street to Georgetown Cupcake for comparison purposes.  Unfortunately the line was really long, and according to the lady manning the line at least a 1.5 hour wait. There is no way the cupcakes are worth that.

 So we headed home, with plenty of time to check out my dads new beehive that he put in the yard. 

 We (Joseph, Me and Sarah) went for a run, at this point it was Hot Hot Hot outside but I got a little sun on my ghostly white face so that is good.

After our run we went to visit my grandma and say Happy Easter, and then went back to the house made dinner and spent the rest of the evening relaxing. 

Flowers are Growing

So this week I have been feeling in sort of a funk, a little bit blah, which leads to a lack of creativity and wittiness and consequently a lack of blog posts.  Today though I am feeling recharged and feeling more like myself.  It was warm yesterday Joseph and I killed it on our run.  It is amazing how a good workout can change your whole perspective.

So spring has finally started to spring around these parts.  Every year when it starts to get warm it is truely a miracle, because a winter in Philadelphia is long and cold and overcast. 

We have tulips blooming in the park.

 We have trees blooming with white and pink flowers on all of the streets.

 All of these blooming flowers have made me want flowers growing in our apartment.  So last weekend we trekked down to the Target to but some potting soil and some seeds.  First off, whoever thought up the idea of bagging up dirt and selling it, is a genius.  I mean lets be serious here, it's just dirt.

 We have five different varieties currently sitting in the window sill, and yesterday we saw our first sign of life. It was a big moment for me.  There is a good chance that no flowers will grow at all but I am hoping to have flowers all summer. 

And now you might be thinking to yourself, Megan those are weird things to be planting your plants in, and you would be right.  While seeds and first were in the budget pots for said plants were not really in the budget so I had to get creative with some of the things we have around the apartment, and I think it looks kind of cool.

Weekend Fun

This Saturday was a busy day but very productive.  I woke up to my alarm at 8:00 to work on my term paper for the Policy and Economics of Health class I am in, that is due on Thursday.

I was welcomed into the morning with these guys drilling into the road.  Who knows what they were doing but it included loud drilling for a few hours.  This picture is the view from one of the windows in our front only room while I was hanging out the window.

Please notice that the sun is shining and the trees have blossomed.  This makes me happy.

After about four hours of writing, Joseph and I decided to go on a run.  We headed out to run 5 miles but the weather was so nice and we were feeling good so we ended up running 7 miles.  It felt great.  And I am happy to report that I am not even sore today, great run.  We run along the Schuylkill river trail and after about 1 mile you get out of the city and it is beautiful, with the river, crew teams practicing, there were cherry blossom trees in several shades of pink.  I wished that I had my camera.

After the run we came home and I got back to work finally completing my paper.  And Joseph got to work watching the Masters.

In case you can't tell that says 21 of 21 pages and 6,061 words. Domination. It's a childhood vaccine policy analysis, anyone interested in a good read?

We ended the night by hanging out with our friends Nate and Allison Jordan (Hi, Allison!), tasty dinner followed by a rousing game of scrabble.  I lost, not a big surprise.

Overall very successful Saturday.

Rainy Days

It has been raining here a lot lately.  I know we are supposed to expect April showers so that they will bring us May flowers but it has been raining since March, and there is not a song about that.

So today I thought that I would share with you some of things that I have learned about how to cope with rainy days in the city.  Especially important when you don't drive and you walk everywhere, and I mean everywhere.  

1. Definitely don't forget to check the weather in the morning which leads you to forget to bring your umbrella and you don't wear your rain boots to work because it wasn't currently raining during the 10 minutes it takes you to walk to work.  And since it is always overcast in this fair city you don't think much about the weather, since you are probably already late for work.

2. Do be vigilantly on the lookout for puddles that may have accumulated on the street near the sidewalk.  Getting splashed by a wave of water from a puddle does not just occur in movies.  

This exact puddle has soaked my lower half once before and I have learned my lesson about passively walking when it is raining.  This puddle is the puddle of death.  It is always there if it is raining and with its length and depth it has the ability to shower the innocent walker with a wave of water.  The puddles dangers are increased because of the subway stop (thats the thing currently covered in plywood getting "fixed" ) right next to it so you have to get close to the puddle.  The key with puddles like this is to walk fast, real fast.

3. Also be sure to keep a safe distance from the curb when waiting to cross the street.  This area is another dangerous place where water accumulates and can leave you soaked up to the knees.

4. Make sure you own more that one umbrella because yours will not last long with the gale force winds that always seem to accompany rain in this great city and it will probably rain again before you have had time to buy a new one.  I have broken at least 5 umbrellas in the almost 2 years that we have lived here, apparently I don't know proper umbrella techniques.  My current umbrella is slightly broken but still working so we shall see how long it lasts.  

We are going to be runners

Yesterday Joseph and I signed up for the Baltimore Marathon.  

I am not going to lie I am a little terrified.  Joseph is totally confident, hopefully that will start to rub off on me soon. 

The race is on October 15th so we have a little bit of time to train and get ready.

Running a marathon has been a goal of mine for a while and I am glad that I have Joseph there to support me.  It should be a good time.

Wish us luck!!